Babita Sinha

The world’s economy is in crisis for over five years; consequently, many of the countries of this world are witnessing unprecedented fall in output, trade and employment since 2008; and India’s economy is no exception. This study with the available sources of data finds that the decoupling hypothesis regarding Indian economy failed and India’s econ...

Women's empowerment is a major concern in the developing world and is emerging as an important indicator of the development of a society as well as the status of women. In this paper, we study empowerment of women in families which have experienced the migration of their male members. A direct relationship between migration of a husband and a woman...

Modern society has entered into an era of development where scientific knowledge alone is now unable to provide the answers and solutions to the complexity of problems standing before mankind. There is increasing evidence of recent efforts to understand and incorporate solutions to a multitude of problems based on the tacit knowledge of indigenous...

Twenty first century will be the century of knowledge where innovation will be the key for the production as for well as processing of knowledge. It is well recognized that in coming times, sustained competitive advantage will depend essentially on the ability of organizations to create, manage and market value-added, knowledge-based or intellectua...

The global knowledge economy has put the focus on local centres of economic growth and depends on the capacity of institutions and organizations to continually reinvent and reconfigure themselves and their environment. In this context, certain parameters were taken into consideration for a better understanding of how institutions deploy their core...

The aim of the present study was to establish the age at onset of natural menopause and the prevalence of symptoms and identify any sociodemographic, physical, or other factors that may influence the onset of menopause among women in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, a state located in northern India. Women in the age group of 30 to 65 years we...

Prevalence of a strong son preference has been cited as one of the reasons for high fertility and skewed sex ratios in countries like India. It has a powerful influence on the use of contraceptives as well as on the desire for additional children. It has been postulated that socio-economic factors like education, urbanisation, exposure to media wil...